BBC Three to stream League of Legends World Championships

The quarter finals of the championship are taking place in the SSE Arena, Wembley, from Thursday 15 October to Sunday 18 October and BBC Three will be broadcasting all four days of gameplay online.

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BBC coverage will be hosted by Radio 1 DJ Dev Griffin, with gamecasters Leigh 'Deman' Smith and James 'Stress' O'Leary offering expert commentary. Presenter Julia Hardy will be interviewing players and fans. "I'm delighted to be part of the BBC's coverage at Wembley Arena," said Smith in a statement. "Worlds has been amazing so far and it's great to see the BBC getting involved and raising awareness of e-sports in the UK."

The coverage will combine live video, pre-recorded video, text, audio and social commentary and is based by the platform's coverage of sporting events and festivals such as Glastonbury. BBC Sport will be heavily involved in the coverage.

"We jumped at the chance to collaborate with BBC Sport and bring this massive UK event to a wider audience" said Damian Kavanagh, controller of BBC Three. "This is an exciting way to cover something millions of young Brits love."

League of Legends is a multiplayer real-time strategy game that has nearly 70 million monthly and 30 million daily players. Around 7.5 million users play the game at the same time during each day's peak play time.

Group stages will take place from the 1st October in Paris, with semi-finals taking place in Brussels later in the month. The final will be taking place at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin.